Display device



April 20 1926.

. G. P. HERRICK DISPLAY DEVICE 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Sept. 3.

INVENTOR. gnaw ATTORNEYS April 20 1926.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MATMRNEK! Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

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. DISPLAY. DEVICE.

Application filed september.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GnnAnnus Pos'r HER- nion, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city borough of Manhattan, in the county of New.Yorl-: and State.

of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices,. of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in display devices, and in its preferred embodimentcontemplates a device having means adaptedto lift and drop; an objectin order todisplay or eXhihiQqnalities or characteristics efthe said object.

My invention consists in .theeconstruction 1 and arrangement of parts in operative com- Fig. 3 is a section on the line-33 of Fig.2;

Figs 4t. is a section on the line 4+4: of Fig. 5;

Fig. 5 is. av sectionon the line. 55 of 'Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a section; on the line 6--.6 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the receptacle for returning the object tothe; point from which it is. dropped.

Referring to, the drawings by characters of =rjeference, the sidewalls 1, top .wall 2, and bottom wall 3, arrangedinplanes. at rightangles to eachother from acasing, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. llhe casingis dividedin a vertical plane by a partition. 4, at the-front Of"\Yl1lCh. and preferablysecured thereto, is a representation of a person, who, 1n the embodiment shown,.

is represented asdropping the object to be displayed. Through the wall 4 adjacent the upper portion thereof is an oipening 6, througlrwhich :the object dropped passes, in order to be dropped in front of said partition, the latter in rear. thereof being provided with a-chute or guide 7 to receive the'object 3, .1921. Serial no. 498,305.

to be dropped the. opening ,6.

At its lower portion the casing is-pirovid ed with a front wall 8 of a height:substan tiallyxless than that of the casing, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, and providing a receptacle 9 at the. bottom of the casingin front of the said. partition. 4. .The upper portion of the receptacle 9 iszclosed by a floor, consisting of oppositely disposed plates. 10 connected to the end wallsofithe casing and inclined downwardly. toward eachother to a point intermediate the end walls, the innerwialls of. said floor members terminating short of each other to provide a slot or passage 11 extendingfrom..wall 8 rearwardly, to the partition 4%. (See l ligs. l, i and 5.) The object dropped from :the opening 6 falls upon thelloor 10 and throngh the slot 11- upon suitable delivery or transferring means, to .be therebyfdelivered to a lifting and. dropping means, which .means will now be described:

12 designates a chute member consisting.

of 1 a transversely curved plate substantially ofthe same width. and length asthe ,slot 11, said plate being fulcrumechim any suitable manner, as at 13,011 the front wall of the casing. end, a tappet arm 1% rigidly securedto .the plate and extending rearwardly therefrom through a slot .15 '(Fig. 5) in the partition ,4, heretofore described. The plate 12 isnormallyheld in upper. position .adjacent the' slot 11, as shown indotted lines in Fig.. ,2 and in full lines in Fig. 5, by means of, a spring 16 arranged on the fulcrum pin13, and having one arm 17 engagingthe tappet arm 14, another arm 18abuttingthe .front.

wall8 ofthe casing. W'Vhen theplate l2is in the position. shown in- Figs. 1-and;. 5,.it is adapted to ereceive the object.drppped..,on the surface 10, the objectslidingd-own said surface andpassing through the slot 11. 011-:

to saidplate. The tappet arm 14 is adapted to be engaged byn'ieans tolbe presentlvdescribed, whereby theplate 12 is depressedto inclined position, as shown in Fig 4, to .cause the object to slide from such plate through a guide opening 19 in a fixed mem- The plate ca rries,.at its free? and guide thesamethrongh .ber 20 of alifting and dropping device arranged in rear of the partition 4:.

Lwill nowadescribe means for receiving the. dropped object, liftingit to an elevated point and dropping the same through the opening 6, heretofore described. "-Tliis means consists preferably of a lever arm 21 fulcrumed, as at 22, on a bracket 23 on one of the side walls of the casing, said lever arm swinging in a vertical plane so that, in its upper position, it is adjacent the discharge opening 6, and in its lower position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and full lines in Fig. 4, it is located opposite the guide opening 19. Connected to an intermediate point on the lever arm, as at 24, is a link member 25, pivotally connected, as at 26, to one end of an arm 27, the lower end of which is fixed, in any suitable manner, to one end of a horizontally disposed shaft 28, mounted in suitable bearings in the casing in rear of the partition .4. Upon the shaft 28 is fixed a worm 29, which is in mesh with a worm 3O fixed on a driving shaft 31 journalled in brackets 32 fixed in the casing, which shaft 31 is adapted to be driven, by any suitable source of power, not shown. hen the shaft 31 is driven it rotates the shaft 28, giving the arm 29 a rotary movement about the axis of the shaft 28, thereby raising and lowering the lever arm 21 between the limits, indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Carried by the lever arm 21 is a suitable device adapted to receive the object from the guide opening 19, carry the object to the discharge opening 6 when the lever 21 is raised, and discharge the object through said opening 6. This means consists of a box or receptacle having a bottom wall 33,

' which, when the lever is in lowermost pos1- tion, is inclined downward from the guide opening 19, as shown in Fig. 4. The recep tacle is also provided with a top wall 34, an end wall 35 and a wall 36 opposite the said wall 35, and hinged, as at 37 to the wall 34, said movable wall cooperating with the edge of'the bottom wall 33 to close the receptacle. The bottom wall 33 is made longer than the opposite wall 34, so that the wall 36 is in clined when closed, as will be hereinafter described. Connected to the wall 36 is a tappet arm 38 adapted to cooperate with a stop member 39 fixed in the upper portion of the casing, and adapted to be engaged by said arm 38 when the lever 21 is raised, whereby the movable wall 36 is moved to open position. hen disengaged from the stop member 39, the member 36 is held closed by a weight 40 mounted on the tappet arm 38, so that said receptacle is closed, except for its receiving end, when it is in alinement with the guide opening 19.

I preferably provide means for equalizing the movement of the lever 21, such means consisting preferably of a flexible connection 41 having one end connected to said lever, as at 42, said connection being carried over a guide wheel 43, mounted in the easing, and carrying at its free end an equalizing weight 44. The figure 5 may be provided with a movable arm 45, fulcrumed, as at 46, the fulcrum pin extending through the partition 4, and carrying on its rear end a lever arm 47 to which is connected one end of a flexible connection 48 passing over a guide pulley 49 in the casing, and connected, in any suitable manner, as at 50, to the flexible connection 41 adjacent the weight 44. It will thus be seen that when the lever arm 21 is raised, and the weight 44 lowered, the weight will exert a pull on the flexible connection 48 to lift the lever 47 and the arm 45 until the hand 45 is closely adjacent the opening 6, heretofore described. The operation of the device is as follows:

The shaft 31 being driven from any suitable source, and the lever arm 27 rotated, the lever arm 21 will be raised between the limits, shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. lVhen the lever arm 21 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the free end of said arm will engage the tappet arm 14 and thereby depress the chute plate 12 to the position shown in Fig. 4, whereupon, any object lying upon said plate will, by gravity, slide therefrom and through the guide opening 19 into the receptacle 35 through the open end thereof. The lever will then be raised toward its uppermost position, and since it is disengaged from the tappet arm 14, the plate 12 will resume its normal position, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. The lever arm 21, upon reaching the upper limit of its movement, will bring the tappet arm 38 into engagement with the fixed stop arm 39, which will cause the movable wall 36 of the receptacle, which wall is now in lowermost position, to open, discharging the object contained in the receptacle upon the inclined chute 7 permitting the object to drop freely from the opening 6 onto the surface 10 down which it slides through the slot 11 onto the plate 12. The lever having discharged the object, then moves toward its lowermost position, and upon reaching such position again depresses the plate 12 to deliver the object from the plate to the receptacle on the lever.

The invention, as shown and described, is adapted for displaying various objects, but I particularly contemplate the use of the same for displaying certain characteristics of commercial articles, which characteristics can be best appreciated by dropping the same from an elevated point so that they may fall upon a surface, and particularly for illustrating the non-breakable characteristics of eye-glasses embodying novel features invented by me, rendering them quite receive an object when the lever is in lower position, means for discharging the object from the receptacle when in upperposition, means to receive the object when dropped, a free space being provided between the point of discharge and the receiving means, and means for delivering the object from said receiving means to said receptacle when the lever is in lower position.

2. In a display device, a casing, a partitiondividing the said casing into an enclosed space and a space visible to a spectator, a discharge device for an object comprising a chute adjacent said partition, means comprising a receptacle and a lever within said enclosed space for elevating said object from a position below the end of said chute to a position above said chute, a plate, automatic means for opening said recep-. tacle in its elevated position to permit said object to fall by gravity onto said plateand then into said chute and automatic means for closing said receptacle when the latter is in a receiving position.

3. In a display device, means for lifting and dropping an object and having means for receiving the object, a member to be struck by the falling object, means receiving said object when dropped and adapted to hold same against the action of gravity whereby said objectmay be exhibited, there being a free space between the point of discharge and said member to be struck and means for returning said object to the lift ing and dropping means.

at. In a display device, means for lifting and dropping an object and having means for receiving the object, a member to be struck by the falling object, means receiving said object when dropped and adapted to hold same against the action of gravity whereby said object may be exhibited, there being a free space between the point of dis charge and said member to be struck and means for returning said object to the lift ing and dropping means, including means for alteringthe inclination of said receiving member.

5. In a display device, means for lifting and dropping an object and having means for receiving the object, a member to be struck by the falling object, pivoted means receiving said object when dropped and adapted to hold same against the action of gravity whereby said object may be exhibited, there being a free space between the point of discharge and said member to be struck and means actuated by said lifting and dropping means for inclinin said receiving member into register witi the receiving means of said lifting and dropping means.

6. In a display device, means for lifting and dropping an object and having means for receiving the object, a member to be struck by the falling object, said member having sujiicient inclination to allow the dropped object to slide thereupon, a receiving, pivoted means adapted to hold said object against the action of gravity whereby it may be exhibited, there being a free space between the point of discharge from said receiving means and said member to be struck, and means actuated by said lifting and dropping means for inclining said receiving means into register with the receiving means for said lifting and dropping means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

GERARDUS POST HERRICK. 

